Darius II Nothus

Relatives:

• Father: Artaxerxes I Makrocheir
• Mother: Cosmartidene, a lady from Babylon (therefore called Nothus, 'bastard')
• Wife: his half-sister Parysatis
• Sons: Arsaces (=Artaxerxes II Mnemon), Cyrus the Younger, Ostanes (father of Astanes and Sisygambis, grandfather of Darius III Codomannus, Statira, Oxyathres)
• Daughter: Amestris

Main deeds:

• Accession between 24 December 424 and 10 January 423; his real name, Ochus, is replaced by Darius
• 420: Revolt of Pissuthnes, satrap of Lydia
• Wars against the Cadusians
• 415: Tissaphernes suppresses the revolt op Pissuthnes; Amorges continues the rebellion
• 413: Outbreak of the Ionian or Decelean War between Athens and Sparta; Tissaphernes tries to use the two Greek city states against each other
• 412: Treaty with Sparta (text); the Spartans capture Amorges
• 410: Ethnic riots in Upper Egypt
• 407: Cyrus the Younger made satrap of Lydia; he unconditionally supports Sparta against Athens
• Death on 1, 2, or 3 April 404

Sources:

• Ecbatana: D2Ha
• Susa: D2Sa, D2Sb
• Vase (?)
• Ctesias of Cnidus, History of the Persians, §§51ff
• Diodorus of Sicily, Library of World History, Book 12-15
• Thucydides

Buildings:

• Naqš-i Rustam: Tomb I (?)
• Susa: beginning of reconstruction works, completed by Artaxerxes II
• Babylon